Becoming Black
by Wright, Michelle M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-02-01
Publisher(s): Duke Univ Pr
Other versions by this Author
List Price: $106.94
Buy New
Usually Ships in 8 - 10 Business Days.
$101.85
Rent Textbook
Select for Price
Rent Digital
$41.94
Used Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
How Marketplace Works:
- This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
- Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
- Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
- Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
- Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.
Summary
""Becoming Black "yields a complex and differentiated understanding of Enlightenment discourses on race and offers a framework for comparing the different models of subjecthood that underwrote the varying histories of colonialism and slavery. It is unique in that it brings Afro-German and Afro-French writings into dialogue with Afro-British and African American texts. There is no existing study of the African diaspora that brings such a range of national traditions together."--Madhu Dubey, author of "Signs and Cities: Black Literary Postmodernism"
Author Biography
Michelle M. Wright is an associate professor of African American and African diasporic literature and theory at Macalester College.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Being and Becoming Black in the West | |
| The European and American Invention of the Black Other | |
| The Trope of Masking in the Works of W. E. B. Du Bois, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and Aime Cesaire | |
| Some Women Disappear: Frantz Fanon's Legacy in Black Nationalist Thought and the Black (Male) Subject | |
| How I Got Ovah: Masking to Motherhood and the Diasporic Black Female Subject | |
| The Urban Diaspora: Black Subjectivities in Berlin, London, and Paris | |
| Epilogue: If the Black Is a Subject, Can the Subaltern Speak? | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.
This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.
By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.
Digital License
You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.
More details can be found here.
A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.
Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.
Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.